James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
Jackson Barnes keeps count of the number of shows he’s been in. He started at age 4 when he found theater at the Arts Academy in High Point. Now, as a junior at High Point University, he hit 65 shows this spring when landed the starring role of Jesus in the university’s production of “Godspell.” […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 13, 2021 – High Point University is offering two community concerts this spring – one live and one virtual. Both are under the direction of Dr. Brian Meixner, associate professor of music and director of instrumental studies. The High Point University Community Orchestra will perform its final concert of the 2020-21 […]
In her third-floor dorm room in Caffey Hall, Haley Kissell keeps a Bible verse on the far wall. She hung it near the bottom of her bed because she wants to see it every morning when she wakes up. It’s from Colossians 3:12: “You are chosen, holy, and dearly loved.” Like her own personal motto, […]
Aleah Hayes has a favorite spot in the Smith Library – second floor, along the back wall, third desk from the right in front of a floor-to-ceiling window. She’ll sit there for hours, studying. She likes the coziness of it, the warm wood, the volumes of books around her, the quiet of a library as […]
Rachel Lynch knew about High Point University long before she arrived as a freshman. She kept HPU’s Daily Motivation calendar of quotes in her room as a high school student. Eileen Lynch, Rachel’s mom, is a high school guidance counselor in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. The desk calendar came from HPU, and she gifted it […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 12, 2021 – High Point University’s Department of Religion and Philosophy will host the Charles Franklin Finch Lecture Series featuring J. Warren Smith, professor of historical theology at Duke University Divinity School. The lecture series event will be held at 4:30 p.m. on March 25 and can be watched by clicking […]
When AJ Frezza graduates in May, he’ll have a job waiting for him. He’ll return to his hometown of Orlando, Florida, and start his career with Ernst & Young, the well-known public accounting firm known as EY. He scored the job last summer at the end of his virtual internship with EY. His professors at […]
High Point University has been recognized with the 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education award, formerly known as Tree Campus USA®, marking the 12th consecutive year the university has received this designation. HIGH POINT, N.C., March 9, 2021 – High Point University has been recognized with the 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education award, formerly known as […]
Pictured above: HPU students perform a rendition of “Oedipus the King” adapted by Ken Elston, the interim dean of the David R. Hayworth College of Arts and Sciences, under the stars of Cottrell Amphitheater. Nine minutes of dancing in a mask nearly spent Cheyse Lattie. She stood onstage at High Point University’s Pauline Theater, […]
Sydney Sullivan always wanted to help. So, as the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion with the Student Government Association, she drafted a five-year plan that would help High Point University recruit and keep more students of color. She researched, talked with students, staff and faculty and came up with Initiative 2025. She showed […]
The arrival of the winter season means new campus additions and activities! These outdoor activities help balance students’ physical, mental and emotional health as they strive to meet their academic goals. The Princeton Review ranks HPU in the top 10 Most Beautiful Campuses in the Nation for a reason, and we’re here to help you […]
Dalton Lucas knew her only as Mary. He met her at West End Ministries, the local nonprofit that follows the motto, “We serve God by helping others.” Lucas worked there as its community garden coordinator when Mary came up to talk. She was 60 and homeless. She came by to see Lucas almost every day, […]
After a successful fall 2020 semester with in-person classes at High Point University, students have returned to campus after a restful winter break. They’ve arrived ready to continue their educational journey, led by mentors in and out of the classroom. And, with the arrival of a new year comes new, safe activities across campus fit […]
During Welcome Week, Francesca Mauceri walked from classroom to classroom, wondering if what she created worked. It did. She saw freshmen laughing and engaged. They were masked up and physically distanced, participating in an online trivia game about all things High Point University. Mauceri created the game. She came up with dozens of questions to […]
High Point University’s Christmas Drive event attracted thousands of families during opening weekend. Visitors can see giant nutcrackers at the beginning of the route. HPU’s Christmas Drive continues through Jan. 1 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 21, 2020 – For the tenth year in a row, High Point University is […]
This year’s Christmas Drive is from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 19 through Jan. 1 on campus.
Dr. Anne Lule-Kiwanuka pursued medicine because of her childhood. She bounced in and out of hospitals because of her asthma and allergies to everything, from milk and shellfish, to pineapples, oranges and eggs. As all mothers with children facing food allergies, her mom learned how to make cakes without eggs or milk for her daughter, […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 8, 2020 – High Point University’s Office of Chapel and Religious Life will offer a virtual Advent Worship Series beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 9. Anyone can tune in by clicking here. To continue fostering the Christmas spirit during the pandemic, the three-part Advent series will take place virtually each […]
The HPU Christmas Drive will welcome families to campus again this year to enjoy the holiday decorations and sounds of the season from the comfort of their vehicles. The complimentary event will take place from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 19-Jan. 1.
